Word: blackout
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nightly Blackout. In contrast to gloom in Israel jubilation swept Arab cities. Everywhere Arab newspapers carried pictures of Israeli prisoners and the wreckage of vaunted Phantom jets. Al-Ahram Editor Hassanein Heikal quoted Soviet Ambassador to Cairo Vladimir Vinogradov as saying: "I have experienced sweet and bitter days, but this is the prime of my career in Egypt...
TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn reported from Cairo that the capital showed "surprisingly few signs of war. A nightly blackout that was about 75% effective on the second or third day of the fighting now has slipped back to about 60% effective, an indication of general relaxation. There had been rumors of shortages at first, but there is no noticeable lack of essentials. The seasonal foods, rice, sugar and sweets are all in adequate supply. More surprising is the Cairenes' friendly attitude toward foreigners, especially Americans. While the U.S. prestige officially has plunged for resupplying Israel, American companies have...
...suddenness of the fighting created some curious anomalies on both sides. Despite a blackout, the shop-window lights on Tel Aviv's fashionable Dizengoff Street and Allenby Road snapped on automatically at sundown; shopkeepers quickly turned them off. In Cairo, which lies but seven minutes by jet from the canal, the streets were brightly lit for hours after sundown. "You mean," demanded a sidewalk vendor in disbelief, "that we are fighting Israel with all these lights on?" By late evening, when the government ordered that all electric lights and headlights be daubed with blue paint, the war reports seemed...
Indeed, the recent congressional removal of the blackout on local games proves that, given a choice, onlookers now prefer a two-dimensional view of the game...
Allende's problems are considerably more serious than a blackout. For the past three weeks 40,000 truck owner-drivers across the country have been on strike, ostensibly in protest against the Marxist government's inability to provide them with spare parts. The revolt has paralyzed the nation's transportation system, causing severe shortages of fuel, food and other essential goods. Movement in three southern provinces has all but ceased, public transportation in the capital has been cut in half, and taxi owners have staged a sympathy strike for the truckers...